News

• 5 June 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Too much violence, national reconciliation is needed", say the Bishops during the celebrations for the Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Since we have just come out of the elections, I want to underline the words of the Holy Father that we must be witnesses to the heritage of living a life of reconciliation, mutual respect and j ...
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  5 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Missionary Union: to carry out missionary animation with enthusiasm, creativity and in a spirit of communion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, OFMConv, was appointed Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM) on May 1, and participated for the first time in the General Assembly of the P ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the Monastery of Jabal al Tayr to celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - While respecting the provisions in force to combat Covid-19, this year a large number of Egyptians, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, have been able to arrive at the Marian monastery of Jabal ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy acquitted: a victory for justice, but who will pay for the suffering of the innocent? Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a victory for justice. It is a victory of freedom. I carried this mission in the name of Christ, to save two innocent victims. It is, therefore, also a victory of faith, because we believe ...
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  4 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith: work all year round, at all levels, to promote prayer, reflection and charity Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pontifical Mission Societies continue to feel the effects of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, three of our National Directors died, two of whom due to the effects of the virus ...
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  4 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood: the family as a place of formation for the mission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the pandemic have also affected the activity of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (POSI), as noted by Sister Roberta Tremareli, AMSS, Secretary General of P ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Military violence in the Chin state and humanitarian emergency: appeal from the Church to stop the fighting Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the fighting. Many innocent people suffer and are desperate. International aid is needed because a humanitarian emergency is underway here. We ask the United Nations agenci ...
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  4 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï's proposal: a "government of leaders" to tackle the crisis in the Lebanese system Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - A "Government of leaders", which involves the highest representatives of the main Lebanese political parties and political groups as members of the executive, as the only way to overcome the pol ...
• 4 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Joe Keke, kidnapped with the priest who was later found dead, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Joe Keke, the priest kidnapped on the night of May 20 in the attack on the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina, in northern Nigeria (see Fides, 21/5/2021) has b ...
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  4 June 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - It is urgent to carry out a new evangelization in the Catholic Church of Papua New Guinea and in the world Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - There is a growing need for an awakening and a new evangelization in the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea and in the world. The appeal comes from Fr. Victor Roche, SVD, Secretary for the ...
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  4 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of the Pastoral Land Commission: 2020 "year of terror" due to registered conflicts Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), an organization linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), presented the 35th edition of the report that contains information on conflict ...
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  2 June 2021
  VATICAN - The President of the Pontifical Mission Societies: to help rediscover the meaning of mission today Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, in his greeting to the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from their resp ...
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  2 June 2021
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle at the PMS Assembly: "In the pandemic, the missionary spirit of every baptized person awakens" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "During the painful time of the pandemic, our mission to be close to those who suffer has never lacked. The Pontifical Mission Societies continued to share experiences, they managed to unde ...
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  1 June 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Marian month marked by participation in the "spiritual marathon" desired by Pope Francis Karagada (Agenzia Fides) - The spread of Covid-19 still keeps the Churches closed in Kazakhstan and the community of the faithful of Karaganda lived the Marian month "at a distance", but in communion with shrines all ove ...
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  1 June 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The tragedy of the lack of oxygen for Covid patients; Mgr. Gualberti: "in the name of God, let's save lives!" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The desperation to obtain oxygen for patients with coronavirus (Covid-19) is growing among Bolivian families, who in recent hours have been forced to queue up to refill their cylinders in the ...